107: Gritty City Sounds

Back in the 16-bit era, urban streets were littered with no-good punks who would attack in wave after wave, leaving a group of musclebound heroes no choice but to keep on punching — and hope there is a whole roast chicken hidden in a garbage can somewhere. This episode is a celebration of those gritty city environments, the music heard in them and the music from other genres of game that nonetheless get at this same vibe.

This is part two of a three-parter! Listen to the part one, Drive to the City.

Track listing:

0:18: Shinobi Walk / Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Mater / Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama and Masayuki Nagao
3:29: Introduction / Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (Sega Genesis) / Rick Fox
6:12: Level 5 / Bloody Wolf (TurboGrafx-16) / Azusa Hara, Hiroaki Yoshida. Tatsuya Kiuchi, Hitomi Komatsu, Shuji Segawa
7:44: The Streets / Predator 2 (Sega Genesis) / Matt Furniss
9:37: Theme of Struggle / Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou (Super Famicom) / Masashi Kageyama
11:01: Things Are Looking Up / Rival Turf (Super NES) / Yasuhiko Takashiba and Atsuyoshi Isemura
13:54: Army’s Song / Final Zone (Sega Genesis) / Motoi Sakuraba and Masaaki Uno
15:43: Akira / Virtua Fighter 2 (Sega Genesis) / Composed by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Takayuki Nakamura and Akiko Hashimoto, arranged by Shogo Sakai
18:48: Enemy Reinforcements / Langrisser II (Sega Genesis) / Noriyuki Iwadare and Isao Mizoguchi
21:02: BGM 12 / Bubblegum Crash: Knight Sabers 2034 (PC Engine) / Makiko Itoh
21:49: Sea Boss / Dinoland / Dino Land (Genesis) / Ichiro Hada
25:54: Pirate Island / Dragon Slayer (Super NES) / Falcom Sound Team JDK
27:22: Downtown / Famicom Tantei Club Part 2: The Girl Who Stands Behind / Kenji Yamamoto
33:09: Stage Clear / Brandish (Super NES) / Falcom Sound Team JDK
36:13: Credits / Golden Axe II (Sega Genesis) / Naofumi Hataya
38:50: Lunatic Dance / Getsumen no Anubis (Super Famicom) / Noboru Iwata, Hiroshi Fujioka, Hiroshi Iizuka, Yoshiaki Kubotera, Hiroaki Shibata and Kaori Ohshima
40:14: Water Lily / Crusader of Centy (Sega Genesis) / Motokazu Shinoda
42:28: Dungeon 3 / Princess Minerva (Super Famicom) / Hiroaki Iwatani
43:45: Blue Moon Factory / Art of Fighting (Sega Genesis) / Masahiko Hataya, Toshio Shimizu and Yasumasa Yamada
45:34: Character Select / Final Fight (Super NES) / Manani Matsumae and Yoko Shimomoura
46:15: Bay Area / Final Fight (Super NES) / Manani Matsumae and Yoko Shimomoura
48:17: Bust Up the Railway / Final FIght 2 (Super NES) / Yasuaki Fujita (a.k.a. Bun Bun), Mari Yamaguchi, Yuki Satomura, Setsuo Yamamoto, Yuko Kadota, and Tatsuya Nishimura
51:24: For Metro City / Final Fight 3 (Super NES) / Katsunari Kitajima
55:22: Capital Theme / Sim City (Super NES) / Soyo Oka
58:15: Dilapidated Town / Streets of Rage (Sega Genesis) / Yuzo Koshiro